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Oct 6, 20244 min read
Klimt: The Art Nouveau Virtuoso of Gold and Symbolism | Sophia Verai
Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) was an Austrian painter, highly influential in early 20th-century art. Known for his lush and decorative style...
Oct 2, 20243 min read
How Cats Communicate With Their Humans | Sophia Verai
Cats are known for their independent, curious and mysterious personalities. They tend to alternate between being affectionate and aloof,...
Sep 28, 20246 min read
Love Bombing: An Important Red Flag in Relationships | Adèle Lepinay
At first glance, being showered with excessive affection and attention in a relationship may feel like a fairy-tale romance. Often,...
Sep 25, 20243 min read
Mucha: The Master of Art Nouveau | Sophia Verai
Born in 1860 in Moravia (now the Czech Republic), Alphonse Mucha is one of the most celebrated artists associated with the Art Nouveau...
Sep 22, 20243 min read
The Strange History of CPR | Grace Holness
CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) is the method by which we attempt to cheat death after a person suffers cardiac arrest – when the...
Sep 21, 20244 min read
War and Peace: The Driving Force Behind Historical Events | Sophia Verai
Thoughts on the Ideas Discussed in the Second Epilogue of War & Peace, Regarding the Driving Force Behind Historical Events Tolstoy's War...
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Beholder | Danny Andrews
The stem stands tall, A pillar of stability. Of sustenance. Reliable, trustworthy, Vital. To the flower, at least. To the gardener it is...
Sep 19, 20243 min read
Staying Put: The Legacy of Grenfell | Kaveh Kordestani
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry published its final report this month. Behind the rightly deserved castigation that the construction companies...
Sep 18, 20243 min read
Dominion: Hirst Brings Unfamiliar Feeling to our Most Familiar Works | Cleo Bador
Myra Hindley’s mugshot, at 9 by 11 feet. The image at the center of headlines and much controversy following its display in the 1997...
Sep 17, 20242 min read
Developing Cancer Treatments Using Bioelectromagnetism | Alma Navarro-Garcia
Bioelectromagnetism is the interaction and phenomena that occurs between living organisms and electromagnetic fields. This area of...
Sep 16, 20243 min read
Admiration into Nothing | Anonymous
Another night with no objective. Another night with nothing, not even sleep on my mind. On this very familiar night I gazed upon the...
Sep 16, 20243 min read
The Picture of Girlhood: On Justine Kurland’s Girl Series | Manuela Brieva
Between 1997 and 2002, photographer Justine Kurland hopped into her van and began taking long road trips through the Edenic countryside...
Sep 12, 20242 min read
Sonder (Commuting) | Sophia Verai
Sonder: (neologism) The profound feeling of realising that everyone, including strangers passing in the street, has a life as complex as...
Sep 10, 20242 min read
The Controversy of Contraception | Adèle Lepinay
Few topics have sparked as much debate and division as contraception. From its revolutionary impact on women’s freedom to the ethical...
Sep 6, 20241 min read
Coalescence | Danny Andrews
Light. Weightlessness. The doors of the train spring open and I leap aboard. It seems even the commuters are living brighter days: one...
Sep 4, 20243 min read
The Roads That Divide | Kaveh Kordestani
London’s motorways, the nadir of post-war civil design: poorly planned, poorly executed and still a bane for Transport for London to...
Sep 2, 20241 min read
Changing Seasons | Sophia Verai
As golden days begin to wane And dim their laughing light The yawning Summer, ripe with grain Lies down and fades from sight The skies...
Aug 19, 20244 min read
How The Government Can Help With Youth Mental Health | Troy Francis-Brown
It has become undeniable in recent years that youth mental health in the United Kingdom is in crisis. Today it feels as if every young...
Jul 13, 20246 min read
Babylon: The Accursed City of God | Santiago Acevedo-Henao
That city’s sins are piled up as high as heaven. God has not forgotten the wrongs she has done. (Revelations 18.5.) Babylon: a city...
Jul 10, 20243 min read
The Controversy of Marina Abramović: Art or Self-Destruction? | Clara Biancelli
Marina Abramović is a name which has made itself more and more relevant in the art world over the past few years, due to her uniquely...
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